[discuss] FW: USG- IANA relationship (was: Interesting article)

Fri Jan 17 09:32:33 UTC 2014

Milton,

Your comment below adds some focus. Going forward it will be wise to assume that many of the major players in Internet Governance are not simply going away. We need to think of ways to bring them together. 

Ben
Ps. Personally this has been a very educational thread. 

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> On Jan 17, 2014, at 4:55, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:
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> Changing the header on this thread (long overdue). However interesting the originally referenced article was, it seems to have outlived its moment.
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> Now,
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> -----Original Message-----
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>>> Thanks - I thought you were talking about a practical reality for today!
>>> Let me know how you propose to sell that idea to the NTIA, and how they would then explain that to Congress.
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>> This actually wouldn't matter if ICANN dissolved itself as a US Corporation, would it?
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> Even less practical. ICANN has contracts with a host of multinational businesses implicating billions of dollars; it can't just dissolve itself and reincorporate somewhere else.
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